Biography – Bruce Luffman, council candidate for Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside

Bruce spent 35 years in farming all over England and latterly built up a farming partnership in Hertfordshire that employed over 80 staff and specialised in large scale dairy, arable, brussel sprouts and outdoor pig enterprises, Open Farm to 250,000 visitors a year and processing dairy products for the major supermarkets nationally.

He decided to stop farming and change his life in 1996 and moved permanently to Scotland. He helped Carole with her business before joining the Conservative Party in 1998 and becoming a Councillor.

 Bruce has been the Aberdeenshire Councillor for Donside and Cromar since 1999. He specialises in finance with his understanding for fiscal matters in the Council and also has an expert understanding of planning, waste and tourism issues.

 Bruce lives in Strathdon and his wife, Carole, runs the only 5 star B&B in the new Cairngorms National Park. Bruce has been a Board member of the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) since April 2003 and also a member of the North Board of the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) since June 1999. He has been the Chairman of the South Aberdeenshire Licensing Board since 2003, the Chairman of the CNPA Tourism Forum and the Vice chairman of the Council's Audit & Scrutiny Committee since 2002.

Bruce is 59 yrs old and has been married to Carole for 39 years. They have one daughter, Charlotte, who has produced an only grand-daughter in 2006. Charlotte is married to a London police sergeant and lives in Stevenage.

 You can e-mail Bruce at bruce@wakconservatives.com

Biography – Marcus Humphrey, council candidate for Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside

Marcus Humphrey has lived on Deeside since he was a boy, and is married to Sabrina; they have four children and three grandchildren. 

In addition to farming and forestry he is also active in tourism, takes a strong interest in serving the local community and works closely with all the community councils in his current ward, upper Deeside. 

Nothing is too much trouble, and thanks to his efforts he has helped a great many people overcome their problems.

You can e-mail Marcus at marcus@wakconservatives.com